He was born April 9, 1920 in Oak Hill, MO, the son of William P. and Ida West Jost. He was married November 13, 1942 in Owensville to Frances E. Kottwitz. He was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Owensville, MO.

He was an owner/operator of Jost Tire Co. in Owensville, MO. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a past president of Owensville Lions Club, Life member of VFW Post #6133, past president of St. Peter's UCC Church Council, past member of Owensville Fire Department and past president of Missouri Tire Dealers.

He was preceded in death by: three brothers, James, Bransford & Maurice Jost; two sisters, Pearl Souders & Frieda Souders.

Visitation will be Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. at the Gottenstroeter Funeral Home, 108 S. Second Street, Owensville. Funeral service will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. in St. Peter's United Church of Christ - Owensville with Reverend Richard Brueseke officiating. Burial will be in Countryside Memorial Gardens, Owensville.

She was born December 24, 1934 to Lawrence and Alma Sanders Jenkins who preceded her in death. She was married November 20, 1954, in Cedar City to Raymond E. Kemp.

She was a homemaker. She was also a member of the Clowns for Christ, her name being "Poppy". She was a missionary, catering to the young, old and sick. She belonged to the Veterans for Foreign Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary and the C.B. Club. Her hobbies included gardening. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church, having served as the secretary, teaching Sunday School, and was also a choir member.

She is survived by her husband: Raymond, of the home; twin daughters and their husbands: Marla Ray and Forrest Holtkamp and Darla Lou and Fred Todd, all of Mexico; one brother: Lawrence Jenkins of Auxvasse; one sister: Betty Jean Etter of Jefferson City; granddaughters and grandsons-in-law: Deanna Larae and Jeffery Sapp, Danna Leann and Marty Goshorn, Dawn Lanette and Sean Carey; step grandchildren: Marshall and Michelle Todd and April and Scott Utterback; great granddaughter: Kiersten Noel and great grandson: Adam Utterback and several nieces and nephews. One grandson: Marty Lee Holtkamp preceded her in death on May 4, 2000. She was preceded in death by two brothers: Carl Franklin Jenkins, died 1937 and Lonnie Joe Jenkins, died 1988.

Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at the Arnold Funeral Home, Mexico, MO. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 26, 2003, at the Friendship Baptist Church, Mexico, with the Rev. Craig Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City. Memorials are suggested to the Friendship Baptist Church, Mexico, MO.

He is survived by his wife: Violet Young of the home; two daughers: Connie Hankins and Brenda Davenport, Sedalia; one brother: Elroy Young, Stover; three sisters: Dorene Porter and Shirley Bush, of Stover, Viola Nelms, of Boonville; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at the Scrivner-Morrow Funeral Home, Stover. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 26, 2003, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Stover. Interment will be in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Stover. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Paul Lutheran Church.

HICKS

Guy Hicks, 84, of St. Elizabeth, died June 25, 2003, at his home.

He was born in St. Anthony on January 4, 1919, a son of George and Emma (Pendleton) Hicks. On February 7, 1940, in Iberia, he was married to Elizabeth Maude Dose, who survives at the home.

Other survivors include: one daughter, Wilma Farow of St. Elizabeth; one brother, Paul Hicks of O'Fallon, Illinois; two sisters, Anna Hibdon and Esther Hoit both of O'Fallon, Illinois; one grandson, John Farow and wife, Linda, of Iberia; one granddaughter, Judith Jennings of Iberia; and four great-grandchildren. A daughter, Judy Sue Hicks, preceded him in death.

Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, June 27, at Rekus Funeral Home in Iberia.

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Duncan Cemetery near Iberia.

She was born on July 25, 1906 in Miller County, MO to Charles F. and Minnie Alice (Coffman) Tucker. She was married on February 22, 1923 in Tuscumbia, MO to Albert E. "Bert" Hill who preceded her in death on May 20, 1983.

She was a homemaker.

Visitation will be held at the Phillips Funeral Home, Eldon, MO, on Friday, June 27 from 4-8 p.m.

Funeral service will be on Saturday, June 28 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with Brother Murl Nash officiating. Burial will be at the Tuscumbia Cemetery, Tuscumbia, MO.

Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.

JONES

Donald Eugene Jones, 60, of Vichy, died June 24, 2003, in the Phelps County Regional Center, Rolla.

He was born August 6, 1942 in Rolla, a son of Elmer and Mildred Jones. He was married on August 13, 1963 at Rolla to Mary Louise Davis. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lou Jones, of the home; 2 sons: Herman Eugene Jones and wife Laura, Rolla and Danny Jones, Jefferson City; grandson: Blake Eugene Jones, Rolla; 1 sister: Reba Sue Duncan, Licking; 1 brother, Wesley Jones, Kansas City. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Amy Mae Jones.

Visitation will be Thursday, June 27 from 6-8 p.m. at the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home, Vienna. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 27 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home.

She was born Feb. 15, 1921 near Stover, MO the daughter of William Porter and Rosetta Flippin Ash, who preceded her in death.

She was married Aug. 15, 1935 in California, MO to William (W. R.) 'Dub' Galliher, who survives at the home. She was a school bus driver for many years for the High Point School. She was a member of High Point Baptist Church, High Point, MO. She attended school in Lupus, MO. Survivors also include: one son, Sonny Galliher with his wife, Marilyn of California, MO, two daughters, Lois Carney with her husband, Bill of Russellville, MO and Shirley Patton with her husband, Jr. of Independence, MO; nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Fay Galliher in 1960; three grandchildren, Donna Ilene Carney, Melissa Winter and Eric Winter and eight brother and sisters.

Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 28, 2003 at the High Point Baptist Church in High Point. Officiating will be Rev. Ray McDonald and burial will be in California City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Glaucoma Foundation.

Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 P.M., Friday, June 27, 2003 at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services in California, MO. Arrangements are under the direction of Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services in California.

He is survived by: his wife, Lenna Kilgore, of the home; two sons, Jimmy Kilgore, of Lake Havasu, AZ; Gary Kilgore, of San Diego, CA; three grandchildren; one brother, John Kilgore, of Auborn, CA.

Visitation will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday until the time of service in the funeral home. Funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday in the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home Chapel.

Memorial contributions suggested to the Alpha Association and contributions may be left at the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home.

McCOWAN

Elizabeth DeLano McCowan died June 25, 2003 at St. Joseph Home for the Aged.

She was born July 4, 1908 in Fulton, Kansas, to Leigh and Margaret Irvine DeLano. Her husband, Frank McCown, a retired vice-president of Shaeffer Pen Company, preceded her in death in 1964; they have no children.

She attended Stephens College, Columbia, MO, and the University of Missouri in Columbia prior to their marriage. They lived in Columbia, Missouri, for several years, then in Fairfield and Fort Madison, Iowa, where her husband was employed by Shaeffer. As her health declined she became a resident at Lenoir Retirement Community in Columbia, then at St. Joseph Home for the Aged in Jefferson City, Missouri.

She was a life long Presbyterian, most recently a charter member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Missouri. Betty had been a student and teacher of the Bible, teaching not only didactically but with marionettes, which she made by hand, and used to illustrate Bible stories. She also produced art with ink and water colors. She is survived by one sister, Dorothy Hudson, of Fort Scott, Kansas; a brother-in-law, Dr. Raymond Stockton, of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and several nephews and nieces in Kansas, Minnesota, Wyoming, Texas and Mexico, including Dr. David Scherr of Jefferson City, Missouri.

Funeral services will be Sunday, June 29, at 2 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home, Columbia, Missouri, the Rev. Mr. Raymond Massey presiding. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Family will receive visitors at the funeral home at 1 p.m., preceding the service.

He was born on October 27, 1917 in Calvert County, Maryland, the son of Guy Wilmer Elliott and Helen Eileen Sewell Elliott. He was married to Marjorie T. Dieckriede who died on March 10, 1993. He was married to Lula Ann Hinshaw who died on November 13, 1998.

Mr. Elliott was employed with St. Mary's Hospital for more than twenty years until his retirement in 1980. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II from June of 1944 until July of 1945, serving in Normandy in Northern France and in the Rhineland in Central Europe. He was a member of the the United Methodist Church; American Legion Post No. 5; and a life member of the Roy Sone Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1003.

Survivors include one son, Kenneth Elliott, Jefferson City; two daughters, Kathryn Elliott and Karen Elliott, both of Jefferson City; one stepdaughter, Betty Smallwood, Hartsburg; grandchildren, Amy Elliott and Kenneth Joseph Elliott; three brothers, Joseph Elliott and Gordon Elliott both of Calvert County, Maryland; and Glen Elliott, Pasadena, Maryland; and four sisters, Naomi Woomer and June Grover, both of Calvert County, Maryland; Joyce Godwin, Harker Heights, Texas; and Ramona Mulligan, Pasadena, Maryland. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Kevin Elliott; two brothers, John Elliott and Harvey Elliott; and a sister, Delores Dowell.

Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, 2932 Mohawk, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or to the Carmelite Monastery, 2201 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109. Those wishing to e-mail condolences to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com.

PEITZMEYER

Anthony William Peitzmeyer, 80, of Taos, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at St. Marys Health Center.

He was born on May 24, 1923 in Westphalia, the son of Henry Peitzmeyer and Mary Ann Kneuver Peitzmeyer. He was married on November 27, 1947 in Taos to Agatha Elizabeth Eiken who survives at the home.

Mr. Peitzmeyer was employed with the Tweedie Footwear Company for twenty-two years and with the Missouri Highway Patrol for twenty-six years. He was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Taos; Taos Fire Department; Holy Name Society; and a life member of the Knights of Columbus.

Other survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Carleen Peitzmeyer, Loose Creek; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Larry Nilges, Jefferson City, and Diane and Robert Brandt, Hartsburg; four grandchildren, Julie Fischer, Kevin Nilges, Lisa Ivy, and Keith Nilges; two great-granddaughters, Kelsey Fischer and Madison Fischer; and two sisters, Rose Mary Wieberg, Westphalia, and Hilda Koetting, Jefferson City. Mr. Peitzmeyer was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Henry Peitzmeyer; and three sisters, Marie Peitzmeyer, Theckla Mertensmeyer, and Clara Stegeman.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2003, at St. Francis Catholic Church, Taos. The Rev. Roberto M. Ike will officiate. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Taos.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home, Jefferson City, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Additional visitation will be 9-10 a.m. Monday at the church.

Memorials are suggested to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 7314 Route M, Jefferson City, MO 65101; or to Masses. Those wishing to email condolences to the family may do so at www.dulletrimble.com

Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 29, 2003 from 5-8 p.m. with a Rosary Service at 7:30 p.m. in the Vienna Chapel of the Birmingham-Martin Funeral Home.

Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2003, in the St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Argyle. Interment will be in the St. Aloysius Cemetery, Argyle.

DUDENHOEFFER

Edwin Paul Dudenhoeffer, 80, of Jefferson City, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at his residence.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Dulle-Trimble Funeral Home.

WAGGONNER

Irma Waggonner, 92, of Jefferson City, died Sunday, June 29, 2003, at Jefferson City Manor.

She was born August 8, 1910, in Leeper, Missouri, a daughter of Robert L. and Annie B. Capps Sweazea. She was married in 1927 to Edgar F. Perry who preceded her in death in 1931. She then married Hugh T. Waggonner in 1957, who preceded her in death in 1986. She worked in her home reweaving and repairing garments. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

She loved to spend her time sewing. She is survived by one daughter: Faye Klosterman of Jefferson City; one step-daughter Mary Ann Sweazea of Mokane; five grandchildren: Marsha Crawford of Centertown, Marlene Davis of Jefferson City, Karen Klosterman of Jefferson City. Dale Klosterman of Jefferson City and Richard Klosterman of Jefferson City; three step grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; 2 step great grandchildren and sixteen great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son: Lynn Adrian Perry in 1930 and eleven brothers and sisters. Friends will be received from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at the Houser - Millard Funeral Directors - Jefferson City Chapel.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at the Houser - Millard Funeral Directors - Jefferson City Chapel, with Rev. Dennis Maxwell officiating. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made to the First Baptist Church or Concord Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Houser - Millard Funeral Directors - Jefferson City Chapel, 2613 West Main Street; 636-3838.